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Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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349 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 17 Dec 24 23:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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coldtea ◴[21 Dec 24 19:27 UTC] No.42481629[source]▶
Recreational drug use implies some vitality. Teenagers increasingly being depressed social media/game addicts sitting alone in some room don't do recreational drugs.
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1. TheSpiceIsLife ◴[21 Dec 24 22:28 UTC] No.42482850[source]▶
There are definitely at least some youth (16 to 25 year olds) around these parts smoking marijuana, and of those the ones who look more like gaming addicts tend to be chronic[1] pot smokers.

Probably depends at least to some extent on their socio-economic status, but then again I’ve known plenty of professionals who are gamers and pot smokers, meth users, heroin addicts.

Having said that, if a persons drug use is chronic then it’s arguably no longer recreational.

1. chronic in the medical sense, as in chronic disease - usually a condition that lasts for at least three months.